Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national standardised differential rent scheme to ensure fairer rents for all people in the social housing sector. [25762/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of local authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions, subject to broad principles laid down by my Department in Circular letter HRT 3/2002 of 6 March 2002.

It is not my intention to implement a national standardised differential rent scheme. However, in the context of new provisions to be introduced on enactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, I intend to make regulations more clearly setting out the matters that may be included in a local rents scheme.